Praia, Cabo Verde. WHO technical experts convened to advance a training package for health district management teams, with active contributions from Cabo Verde and a strong focus on primary health care, integrated servic…
Read moreBrazzaville - On World Health Day 2026, under the theme “Together for Health. Stand with Science,” the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights committed individuals who use science to improve people’s lives. In the Af…
Read moreOuagadougou - On World Health Day 2026, under the theme “Together for health. Stand with science,” the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights individuals using science to improve lives in the African Region.Dr Alice …
Read moreThe WHO Regional Office for Africa and the African Union Commission (AUC) have renewed their commitment to stronger cross-border collaboration and coordinated action to accelerate the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect more than one billion people globally. Around 35% of those affected live in Africa.
Read moreBrazzaville/Geneva—Nearly 20 million measles-related deaths have been averted in Africa since 2000 thanks to increasing vaccination coverage, according to the first-ever detailed analysis of…
Read moreBamako - On World Health Day 2026, under the theme “Together for health. Stand with science,” the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations’ specialised agency for public health, highlights individuals using sc…
Read moreConakry – On World Health Day 2026, held under the theme “Together for health. Stand with science,” the World Health Organization (WHO) spotlights individuals across the African Region who use science to improve people’s…
Read moreThe health authorities in Burundi, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), are carrying out investigations to determine the cause of an illness that has led to five deaths and sickened 28 people in Mpanda district in the north of the country, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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